The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and FreedomYale University Press, 2006 M01 1 - 515 pages Simon Bolivar was a revolutionary who freed six countries, an intellectual who argued the principles of national liberation, and a general who fought a cruel colonial war. His life, passions, battles and great victories became embedded in Spanish American culture almost as soon as they happened. This is the first major English-language biography of 'The Liberator' in half a century. John Lynch draws on extensive research on the man and his era to tell Bolivar's story, to understand his life in the context of his own society and times, and to explore his remarkable and enduring legacy. The book illuminates the inner world of Bolivar, the dynamics of his leadership, his power to command, and his modes of ruling the diverse peoples of Spanish America. The key to his greatness, Lynch concludes, was supreme will power and an ability to inspire people to follow him beyond their immediate interests, in some cases through years of unremitting struggle. Encompassing Bolivar's entire life and his many accomplishments, this is the definitive account of a towering figure in the history of the western hemisphere. |
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... major implication of the networked information economy is the shift it enables from the mass-mediated public sphere to a networked public sphere. This shift is also based on the increasing freedom individuals enjoy to participate in ...
... major implication of the networked information economy is the shift it enables from the mass-mediated public sphere to a networked public sphere. This shift is also based on the increasing freedom individuals enjoy to participate in ...
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... major critiques of the claim that the Internet improves the structure of the public sphere. In particular, I show how a wide range of mechanisms—starting from the simple mailing list, through static Web pages, the emergence of writable ...
... major critiques of the claim that the Internet improves the structure of the public sphere. In particular, I show how a wide range of mechanisms—starting from the simple mailing list, through static Web pages, the emergence of writable ...
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... major sources of funding for research in the United States, as are government agencies in Europe, at the national and European level, Japan, and other major industrialized nations. The latter type—that is, the presence and importance of ...
... major sources of funding for research in the United States, as are government agencies in Europe, at the national and European level, Japan, and other major industrialized nations. The latter type—that is, the presence and importance of ...
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... major cost is that of the mechanical means of sensing our environment, processing it, and communicating new information goods. This is the high cost that typified the industrial model, and which has drastically declined in computer ...
... major cost is that of the mechanical means of sensing our environment, processing it, and communicating new information goods. This is the high cost that typified the industrial model, and which has drastically declined in computer ...
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... major step came when a person with a more practical, rather than prophetic, approach to his work began developing one central component of the operating system—the kernel. Linus Torvalds began to share the early implementations of his ...
... major step came when a person with a more practical, rather than prophetic, approach to his work began developing one central component of the operating system—the kernel. Linus Torvalds began to share the early implementations of his ...
Contents
Part Two The Political Economy ofProperty and Commons | |
Autonomy Information and Law | |
ACulture Both Plastic and Critical | |
Chapter 9 Justice and Development | |
NetworkingTogether | |
Part Three Policies of Freedom at aMoment of Transformation | |
Chapter 11 The Battle Over theInstitutional Ecology of theDigital Environment | |
The Stakesof Information Law and Policy | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom Yochai Benkler No preview available - 2006 |
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